The Broadway Melody
1929 · TMDB 5.1
Directed by Harry Beaumont
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
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The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventua...
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- Runtime
- 101 min
- Released
- 1929-02-08
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 5.1
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Key contributors
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Harry Beaumont
Director
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Edmund Goulding
Writer
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Charles King
Eddie Kearns
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Anita Page
Queenie Mahoney
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Bessie Love
Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney
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Betty Arthur
Chorus Dancer (uncredited)
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J. Emmett Beck
Babe Hatrick (uncredited)
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Nacio Herb Brown
Pianist (uncredited)
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James Burrows
Singer (uncredited)
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Eddie Bush
Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)